The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

The highest mantra is to be without deception. The highest medicine is to have few desires. The highest meditation is not to be attached.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Be happy at the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that life contains suffering. The second noble truth is that the cause of suffering is craving.

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.